LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) - Netflix ( NFLX ) confirmed on

Thursday that a sequel to "KPop Demon Hunters," the streaming

platform's most watched film of all time, is officially in

development.

The new installment will extend Netflix's ( NFLX ) creative

collaboration with co-directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans,

and marks the first project under their new exclusive multi-year

writing and directing deal for animation.

"I feel immense pride as a Korean filmmaker that the

audience wants more from this Korean story and our Korean

characters," Kang said in the announcement. "There's so much

more to this world we have built and I'm excited to show you.

This is only the beginning."

Animated by Sony Pictures Animation, the original musical

film follows K-pop girl trio Huntrix - Rumi, Mira and Zoey - as

they balance their superstardom with secret lives as demon

hunters. Lead vocalists EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami propelled

the movie's breakout anthem "Golden" to No. 1 on the Billboard

Hot 100.

The film became a critical and awards-season powerhouse,

earning best animated feature and best song at the 31st Critics

Choice Awards, as well as best animated motion picture and best

original song at the 83rd Golden Globes. It has two Oscar

nominations - for best animated feature and best original song.

"Golden" also secured a Grammy for best song written for

visual media - the first Grammy ever awarded to a K-Pop song.

In January 2026, Netflix ( NFLX ) announced the movie had shattered

platform records, drawing 482 million views over a six-month

period, along with 32 million views for its lyric videos. Its

soundtrack continues to trend globally.

Appelhans, speaking to Reuters in January, stressed that a

sequel would need a clear creative direction from the beginning.

"You have to know where you're headed because otherwise you

will be lost immediately," he said. "So, we'll just have to do

that again and make something that we love and that means

something to us. And then I think if you do that well, it works

and other people connect to it."